Greenlight Maine names 26 semifinalists for third season

Bluet, a Jefferson-based business that produces sparkling wine made from wild blueberries, was the Season 2 winner of Greenlight Maine, out of 26 contestants competing for a $100,000 prize.

by STAFF

Greenlight Maine, an entrepreneurial pitch contest with a $100,000 prize purse, has selected 26 semifinalists who will compete during its third season that begins this fall.

The 26 semifinalists will participate in a weekly Greenlight Maine TV show that runs statewide via WCSH6 and WLBZ2 on Saturday nights at 7:30 p.m beginning in September. Semifinalists will receive mentoring from some of Maine's best and brightest corporate, media and marketing executives as well as receive extensive promotion across television, print, social and digital media.

Greenlight Maine is the vision of Portland Media Group, a custom content and production company founded by Brian Corcoran, CEO of Shamrock Sports & Entertainment; Nat Thompson, chief marketing officer of CSP Mobile Productions as well as past producer/owner of WCSH6; and Con Fullam, an Emmy nominated and multi-award winning TV, music and film producer.

The 26 statewide companies making it into the semifinals are:

Indigo Diagnostic Imaging, founded by Tammy Thomas

Tourmaline Spring "Sacred Living Water" of Maine, founded by Seth L. Pruzansky

GO Lab, founded by Joshua Henry

NibMor Inc., founded by Ralph Chauvin

[Re]Produce, founded by Grace Burchard

College Helpers, founded by Fred Grant

ikno, founded by Mark Girr & Becky McKinnell

Maine Harvest Credit Project, founded by Scott Budde

The Sidewalk Buttler, founded by Michael Roylos & Jared Bowens

Flowfold, founded by James Morin

Pyxie LLC, founded by Cathy Streifel

Tempest in a Teapot, founded by Becca Emerson and Tammy Smith

Advanced Concepts and Engineering LLC, founded by Joel F. Costonis

Amp Fins, founded by Randall Lord

Forager LLC, founded by David Stone

Maine Cap N' Stem LLC, founded by Erik Lomen & Mark Robinson

Maine Textiles International LLC, founded by Claudia D. Raessler

VANGO, founded by Faith Meads

North Spore, founded by Matt McInnis

Jellux, founded by Zach Taylor

Grojo, founded by Jared Pinkham

Zootility, founded by Nate Barr

DAVO Technologies, founded by David Joseph

Health 2 Humanity, founded by John Cefalu

Iquarium, founded by Eddie Hanson

CourseStorm, co-founded by Brian Rahill and Matt James.

"All of these innovative and bold Greenlight Maine entrepreneurs have validated that our state is on the fast track to growing our next economy," Corcoran stated in a news release. "Through private-public collaborations with Maine corporate partners and other state and community leaders, we are pleased to provide necessary intellectual and financial capital necessary to be successful. We are Mainers helping Mainers."